1) This is a great example of journalism.
2) It's related to open data - I swear. I don't think it made it to
this list when it came out in April.
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2011.04-science-a-political-meltdown/"COULD THESE EVENTS have happened had the deals not been crafted
behind closed doors? What if ordinary citizens had been able to look
at the price sharing arrangements, the security-of-supply commitments,
and all those multi-decade contracts? That would likely have led to
much back-of-the-envelope calculation and some uncomfortable questions
for all of the governments involved.
Instead, it was done in secret. One of the reasons given for this
confidentiality was that the deal could compromise the business
interests of a private company. But what about the interests of the
Canadian people? It would be hard to argue that a smart arrangement
was made on behalf of AECL’s real owners. Then, adding insult to
injury, when the plan started to unravel, the various governments of
the day misrepresented what had happened."
Michael Lenczner
CEO, Ajah
http://www.ajah.ca514-400-4500
1-888-406-2524 (AJAH)
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